Cream-gam



No. 752 344. PATENTED FEEL-16, 1904.

s. A. JONES & F. W. DOWNHAM;

CREAM CAN.

0F FILED JULY 17. 1903 Patented February 16, 1904.

' UNITED STATES P PATENT OF IC I SAMUEL A. JoNEs AND FLETCHER w.DOWNHAM, 0 nEs'rfr Ea -onro;

CREAM-6AM.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 752,344, dated February'1 e, 1904, a i

Application filedJfly 17, 1903- Serial No. 166,002. (No model) To a.whom it may concern:

Be it knownthat we, SAMUEL A. Jones and FLETCHER W. DOWNHAM, citizens-ofthe United States, residing at Deshler, in the county of Henry. andState of Ohio, have invented a new and usefulCream-Can, of which thefollowing is a specification.

The invention relates to improvements in cream-cans. I I

The object of the present invention is" to improve the construction ofcream-cans, more especially the means for connecting the inner can orreceptacle with the outer can or recep tacle and the means forestablishing a communication between the inner can or receptacle and thespigot or faucet of the outer can or receptacle, and to enable aperfectly-watertight joint or connection to be quickly eiiected withoutthe use of washers, gaskets, screws, or other fastening devices at suchjoint or connection. 7

A further object of the invention is to enable the inner can orreceptacle to be quickly applied to and removed from the outerreceptacle and to eiiectually prevent the members of the joint orconnection from becoming accidentally separated. 7

With these and other objects in View the invention consists in theconstruction and novel combination and arrangement of parts hereinafterfully described, illustrated in the accompanying drawings, and pointedout in the claims hereto appended, it being understood that variouschanges in the form, proportion, size, and minor details of constructionwithin the scope of the claims maybe resorted to without departing fromthe spirit or sacrificing any of the advantages of the invention.

In the drawings, Figure l is a perspective view ofacream-can constructedin accordance with this invention. Fig. .2 is a vertical sectional viewof the same. Fig. 3 is an enlarged detail sectional view illustratingthe construction for connecting the top of the inner can or receptaclewith the outer receptacle. Fig. i

. the milk and cream in the usual manner.

,7 is a detail view of the joint or connection-between the inner can orreceptacle and the faucet or spigot. I

- Like numerals of reference designate 'correspondingparts in all thefigures of the drawings.

1 designates an inner approximately elliptical can or receptaclearranged within an outer cylindrical can or' receptacle' Q and designedto contain milk, the outer receptacle i being designed to contain wateror any'other cooling medium for reducing the temperature of the contentsof the inner receptacle for cooling the sameand for eifectingaseparation of inner milk can or receptacle is provided in its bottomwith an opening 3, and it has a tapering tubeor nipple 4. depending fromit at the said opening and adapted to fit into an upwardly extendingsocket 5 of an approximately L- shaped arm 6 of a faucet or spigot 7.The depending tapering nipple or tube is provided at its upper end withan outwardly-extending annular flange 8, which is suitably secured tothe lower face of the bottom of the milk-can, and the said nipple ortube 4 has a ground outer face for engaging a ground inner face of thesocket 5, whereby awater-tightjointorcon- 'nection is effected withoutthe use of a'washer or gasket and without employing a screw or otherfastening device for engaging the joint formed by the tapering tube ornipple and the vertical socket. The L-shaped arm' pierces the front wallof the outer can or receptacle The at a point below'the" bottom of theinner can or receptacle, and it may be constructed of sections and bemounted on the outer can in any 'desiredmanner. It is provided with acollar or flange 9, which fits against the exterior of theouter can, asclearly shown inFigsilfand i' adapted to register with the bore oropening 1 of the L-shaped arm. The body of thevalveouter can orreceptacle.

plug is preferably hollow, as shown, and an aperture is formed in one ofthe walls and is adapted to be turned into and out of register with theopening or passage of the L-shaped arm.

In order to maintain the depending nipple I firmly and positively inengagement with the socket and to prevent the inner can or receptaclefrom being floated out of engagement with the socket when it is emptyand while the outer can contains a liquid, the inner can is connectedwith the outer can at the top at apoint' ing a solid bearing portion forthe said inner canor receptacle, whereby thesame is main:

tained in an upright position when it is adjusted. The rod or screw 12has a threaded upper portion to receivethe nut 13, and it is providedwith a lower attaching portion 16, and it is bent outwardly at the upperend thereof to ofisetthe rod or screw from the The rod or screw extendsabove the upper edges of the cans or receptacles, and thehorizontally-projecting portion of the L-shaped plate 14 is also locatedabove and out of contact with the upper edge of the outer can orreceptacle in order that the pressure created by the adjustable devicemay operate upon the connection at the bottom of the inner receptacleand hold the members of the connection in engagement with each other.

The inner and outer receptacles are provided at their lower portionswith transparent plates or panes of glass or other transparent materialfor enabling the contents of the inner receptacle to be examined toascertain when in separating cream the milk has been entirely drawn off.These plates or panes 17 and 18 may be mounted in any desired manner, aswill be readily understood.

It will ,be seen that the joint or connection at the bottom of the innermilk can or receptacle is absolutely water-tight without employing agasket or fastening device thereat and that the inner can may be readilyplaced in position within the outer can and removed therefrom withoutmanipulating any interiorly arranged fastening device. Furthermore, itwill be clear that the adjustable connection at the top of the inner andouter cans or receptacles is located directly above the bottom joint andthat the pressure created by The horizontal arm the adjusting deviceoperates on the members of the said joint to prevent the same from beingaccidentally separated. Also it will be clear that the inner can orreceptacle cannot when empty be accidentally floated out of engagementwith the rigid upwardly-extending socket of the outer can 'orreceptacle.

Having thus fully described our invention, what we claim as new, anddesire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. In an apparatus of the class described, the combination with innerand outerreceptacles having pipes or tubes detachably fitted to getherand forming a separable joint, and an eXteriorly-arranged adjustabledevice comprising a member extending outwardly from the innerreceptacle, an upright member mounted on the outer receptacle, and meansfor adjustably securing the two members together and for creating apressure on the said joint whereby the pipes or tubes are held firmlytogether, substantially as described.

2. In an apparatus of the class described, the combination with innerand outerreceptacles having pipes or tubes fitted together and formingan upright separable joint, an approximately L-shaped plate secured tothe inner receptacle and interposed between the same and the outerreceptacle and projecting outward over the latter, and an upright rod ormember mounted on the outer receptacle and piercing theoutwardly-extending portion of the L- shaped plate and providedwithmeans for adjustably engaging the same, substantially as described.

3. In an apparatus of the class described, the combination with innerand outer receptacles having pipes or tubes fitted together and formingan upright joint or connection, and an adjustable device comprisingamember mounted on the inner receptacle and projecting outward over theouter receptacle, a rod mounted on the outer receptacle and having anupwardly-extending offset portion piercing the projecting member of theinner receptacle and provided with threads, and a nut mounted on v thethreaded portion of the rod and engaging the said member, substantiallyas described.

4. In an apparatus of the class described, the combination of an outerreceptacle, a spigot or faucet having an arm piercing the outerreceptacle and provided with an upright tapering socket, an innerreceptacle having a depending tapering nipple fitted in the same socketand forming a water-tight joint, an approximately L-shaped plate securedto the inner receptacle and interposed between the same and the outerreceptacle and provided with a pro.- jecting outer portion extendingover the outer receptacle and arranged out of contact with the same, arod secured to the outer receptacle and bent between its ends to offsetthe upper portion from the said outer receptacle,

the upper portion of the rod being threaded our own We have heretoaflixed our signatures and piercing the projecting portion of the L: inthe presence of two witnesses.

shaped plate, and a nut arranged on the SAlVIUEL A. JONES.

threaded portion of the rod and engaging the FLETCHER W. DOVVNHAM. 5projecting portion of the plate, substantially Witnesses:

as described. A. F. THOMPSON,

In testimony that We claim the foregoing as L. E. LONG.

